State High School Graduation Rates By Race, Ethnicity

U.S. public high schools recorded a four-year graduation rate of 80 percent for the 2011-12 school year, an all-time high.

Graduation rates vary greatly by state and race. Nationwide, black students graduated at a rate of 69 percent; Hispanics graduated at 73 percent; whites graduated at a rate of 86 percent.

The following table lists 2011-2012 four-year adjusted cohort state graduation rates for public high schools by student race and ethnicity. Please note that state graduation rate data was not reported for Idaho, Kentucky and Oklahoma.

State

Total

White

Hispanic

Black

Asian / Pacific Islander

Alabama

75

81

69

67

85

Alaska

70

76

70

61

76

Arizona

76

84

70

71

84

Arkansas

84

87

78

78

84

California

78

86

73

66

90

Colorado

75

82

62

66

82

Connecticut

85

91

69

73

92

Delaware

80

83

74

74

93

District of Columbia

59

86

54

58

74

Florida

75

80

73

64

89

Georgia

70

78

60

62

82

Hawaii

82

79

76

76

84

Illinois

82

89

76

68

93

Indiana

86

89

80

73

89

Iowa

89

91

77

74

89

Kansas

85

88

77

75

86

Louisiana

72

78

70

65

85

Maine

85

86

80

72

89

Maryland

84

90

73

77

93

Massachusetts

85

90

66

73

89

Michigan

76

82

64

60

87

Minnesota

78

84

53

51

74

Mississippi

75

82

79

69

90

Missouri

86

89

80

73

90

Montana

84

87

79

79

92

Nebraska

88

91

78

74

83

Nevada

63

72

54

48

74

New Hampshire

86

87

74

76

86

New Jersey

86

93

77

75

95

New Mexico

70

77

68

69

84

New York

77

87

63

63

86

North Carolina

80

85

73

75

87

North Dakota

87

90

73

76

86

Ohio

81

86

68

61

90

Oregon

68

71

60

53

79

Pennsylvania

84

89

68

68

89

Rhode Island

77

82

67

67

79

South Carolina

75

78

69

71

85

South Dakota

83

89

67

67

84

Tennessee

87

91

80

79

91

Texas

88

93

84

84

94

Utah

80

83

66

64

78

Vermont

88

88

86

72

94

Virginia

83

88

73

75

90

Washington

77

80

67

67

82

West Virginia

79

80

79

74

94

Wisconsin

88

92

74

64

89

Wyoming

79

82

67

66

86

Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data State Dropout and Graduation Rate Data